What a dark day for press freedom in the United States

From 1939-1945 German officers also listened to speeches from civilians about how the laws of war didn’t apply to them. And then they participated in the Holocaust, starved millions of prisoners of war, destroyed villages and cities, and were defeated.

The Trump Administration’s Use of State Power Against Media: Keeping Track of the Big Picture at www.justsecurity.org/112792/trump...

GUARD IN MEMPHIS: The TN Supreme Court & a federal court have both ruled it is unconstitutional for TN’s governor to deploy the National Guard for law enforcement. In 2021, TN’s GOP Attorney General wrote an advisory saying the same. It was so damning, the new AG secretly erased it from record!

NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.

Historians, librarians, and volunteers are documenting objects and signage throughout the Smithsonian’s museums and at national parks, hoping to save public history from the Trump administration’s recent mandates.

Czech voters are heading to the polls in a vote that could have significant implications for the country's foreign policy — particularly its steadfast support for Ukraine.

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

Citrus industry in FL was already in a heap of trouble before swaggering ICE goons made it unsafe for LEGAL immigrants to work here. Get ready to pay 10 bucks for orange juice. (gift link) www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/03/f...

Wired - Out-of-office messages of US Department of Education employees, after the government shutdown began, were altered to contain partisan language without their consent. www.wired.com/story/governmen...

Finally met the great independent journalist @marisakabas.bsky.social yesterday at the #JournalismIsNotACrime rally - and got a portrait on film! You should follow her if you want real news. Seriously. Nikon FM2n, Nikon Nikkor 50mm f2, Kodak Portra 160. #BelieveInFilm #35mmLoveLetter

New from 404 Media: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells me "we are determined to fight this." "Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move." www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years. From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

A year after floodwaters recede, a community rises open.substack.com/pub/charlott...

I've been waiting for a good voice to pick up the Argentina/Soybean scandal. Dan Osborn now has. www.centralnebraskatoday.com/2025/10/02/d...

Also, this MSNBC clip with Jon Tester is great. I'd love to see Tester out on the road to work on this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EX3...

Isaac Stanley-Becker traveled to Portland and spent time at the demonstration that Donald Trump wants to crush. What he found is an atmosphere that is more like a carnival than combat:

Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough, the State’s First Pertussis Death in 13 Years www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...

Speech, Coercion, and the Myth of the Censorship Regime www.lawfaremedia.org/article/spee...

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The Trump regime wanted to give King Charles one of President Eisenhower’s swords. The head of the Eisenhower Library objected and suggested a replica, since the swords are owned by the American people now. The Trump regime got pissed and the head of the Eisenhower Library has now resigned.

The Saudi government murdered Jamal Khashoggi seven years ago today. His editor @karenattiah.bsky.social wrote this two years ago.

The huge story we're not paying attention to? A Gen Z revolution has toppled leaders in Nepal and Madagascar and overrun streets from the Philippines to Peru This uprising hasn't hit America...yet. Is it our warped politics, or just a matter of time? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/gen-...

Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections boltsmag.org/2025-general...

As Fuhrer Trump escalates his authoritarian power grabs,the No Kings movement grows stronger. More people are realizing that they must take nonviolent action to overcome the regimes efforts to wreak havoc. Visit NoKings.org for a location near you: nokings.org/

Let's be clear a what's happening here: the "censorship" and "bias" narrative is being extended to Wikipedia bc the far right knows that getting bullshit into LLMs is how to shape reality as "answer engines" replace search engines. Wikipedia is core to that fight so the grievance blitz is here.

apnews.com/article/indi... decision on Wounded Knee medals sparks outrage in Native American communities

On the first day of the federal government shutdown, the Trump administration froze "roughly $18 billion" in infrastructure projects for New York City, home to two of Trump's Democratic congressional opponents. It's not the first time Trump has threatened city funding over politics.

The Moldova mandate: the former Soviet republic opted to defy Russia. Here’s why

French forces board Russian tanker suspected of drone launches – Europe live

The First Amendment (And A Court) Punch Back open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

“Beijing would be delighted if America focused on how many push-ups a soldier can do rather than how many computer tools he or she can use.” (gift article) wapo.st/3IOepPi

This is a VERY well crafted lawsuit. 1) Plaintiff is natural born. 2) He was detained 2X in a fast-growing part of Alabama, not in a city that Brett Kavanaugh could be easily duped into believing was all migrants. 3) Unwarranted detentions were on private property. 4) He showed Real ID both times.

US private sector employment fell in September. The government shutdown will likely delay Friday's release of the official monthly jobs report. https://cnn.it/4gMkFU6

Corrupting influences www.politicsnc.com/p/corrupting...

Democrats Are Losing Members in N.C. But Are the Republicans Gaining? www.theassemblync.com/politics/dem...

October is #RSV Awareness Month. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms—and it can be serious for babies & older adults. It’s one of more than a dozen infectious diseases we monitor for in community #wastewater. Track levels in your community. wastewaterscan.org

Liza Donnelly nails it.

great piece from the always-great @pastpunditry.bsky.social and a welcome antidote to vacuous commentators whose historical memories seem to go back no further than the first iron man movie

SCOOP — The White House instructed all federal agency leadership on Tuesday to send out a mandatory message to workers blaming the impending potential government shutdown on House Democrats, The Handbasket was first to learn. Absolutely no modifications to the email were permitted. My story:

⚡️US reportedly deploys submarine-hunting aircraft to Norway amid rising tensions in Baltic region. The P-8, designed for anti-submarine warfare, surface surveillance, and intelligence gathering, was photographed at Oslo’s Gardermoen Airport on Sept. 23.

this guy has no idea what the american military is (the most sophisticated logistics operation ever assembled in human history)

Jeffries: "The next time you have something to say about me, don't cop out through a racist and fake AI video. When I'm back in the Oval Office, say it to my face."

This current American presidential administration is run by people who are quite obviously mentally ill, and we need to start talking about that.

just stunning

Bro lololol they’re fucked

I’m also fond of whatever this guy is doing